Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [3] - Version 2017) - discontinued

Introductory and Orientation Phase (16 ECTS)

OR-1 Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies (2 ECTS)

OR-2a/AO-1 Elective Module Introduction to Babylonian I (7 ECTS)

OR-2b/AR-1 Elective Module Introduction to Arabic I (7 ECTS)

OR-2c/TU-1 Elective Module Introduction to Turkish I (7 ECTS)

Middle Eastern Studies (45 ECTS)

PM OR-3 Cultural and Economic History of the Middle East (5 ECTS)

PM OR-4 Religious History of the Middle East (6 ECTS)

• 141047 VO Religious history of the Middle East prior to the advent of Islam
• 141172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

PM OR-5 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

• 141088 VO Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture II: From Mitanni to the Sassanides

PM OR-6 History of the Middle East and North Africa after the Rise of Islam (8 ECTS)

PM OR-7 History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (8 ECTS)

PM OR-8 Cultural and Historical Continuities (6 ECTS)

PM OR-9 Middle Eastern Philology: Basics and Methods (4 ECTS)

Alternative groups of compulsory modules: Ancient Near Eastern Philology and Archaeology (89 ECTS)

AO-2 Babylonian II (8 ECTS)

• 141097 VO Introduction to Babylonian II
• 141117 UE Exercises to Introduction to Babylonian II

AO-3 Babylonian III (10 ECTS)

AO-4 Sumerian I (8 ECTS)

• 141048 UE Introduction to Sumerian
• 141136 VO Introduction to Sumerian

AO-5 Sumerian II (5 ECTS)

AO-6 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology I (5 ECTS)

AO-7 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology II (4 ECTS)

AO-8 Ancient Near Eastern Cultural History (8 ECTS)

• 141192 VO History of Mesopotamian Literature

AO-9 Ancient Near Eastern Literature: Reading of Literary Texts (5 ECTS)

• 141226 SE Mesopotamian Literature (Reading of Literary Texts) - Philological Seminar on Akkadian Studies (Literature)

AO-10-1 Alternative compulsory module: Languages of Mesopotamia’s Neighbouring Regions (10 ECTS)

AO-10-2 Alternative compulsory module: Ancient Near Eastern Material Culture (10 ECTS)

AO-11-1 Alternative compulsory module: Philology Seminars (10 ECTS)

• 141032 SE Philological Seminar
• 141227 SE Philological Seminar - Babylonian prayers and wisdom texts

AO-11-2 Alternative compulsory module: Seminars on History, Material Culture and Cultural History (10 ECTS)

• 141032 SE Philological Seminar
• 141227 SE Philological Seminar - Babylonian prayers and wisdom texts

AO-12-1 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Akkadian (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

• 141032 SE Philological Seminar
• 141227 SE Philological Seminar - Babylonian prayers and wisdom texts

AO-12-2 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Sumerology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

AO-12-3 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Archaeology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

Alternative group of compulsory modules: Arabic and Islamic Studies (89 ECTS)

AR-2 Arabic II (12 ECTS)

• 141074 UE Arabic Language C
• 141426 VO+UE Arabic Language B

AR-3 Arabic III (12 ECTS)

AR-4 Arabic IV (12 ECTS)

• 141008 UE Arabic Language G
• 141066 VO+UE Arabic Language F

AR-5 Arabic V (6 ECTS)

AR-6 Arabic VI (6 ECTS)

• 141000 UE AR-6 Arabic Grammar and Linguistics II
• 141004 UE AR-6 Arabic Texts and Conversation II

AR-7 Arabic Dialect (Basic Level) (6 ECTS)

AR-8 Arabic Dialect (Intermediate Level) (6 ECTS)

• 141028 VU Arabic Dialect - Intermediate Level: Tunisian Arabic

AR-9 Arabic Dialect (Advanced Level) (4 ECTS)

• 141014 UE Arabic Dialect - Advanced Level I: Egyptian-Arabic
• 141016 UE Arabic Dialect - Advanced Level II: Moroccan-Arabic

AR-10 Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies (3 ECTS)

• 141040 PS Proseminar I

AR-11 Selected Fields of Modern Middle Eastern Studies (6 ECTS)

• 141044 VO AR-12 Gender Studies / Muslim World

AR-12 Seminar on Philology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

AR-13 Seminar on Islamic Studies (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

• 141078 SE Seminar in Islamic Studies (and Bachelor's Paper)

Alternative group of compulsory modules: Turkish Studies (89 ECTS)

TU-2 Turkish, Basic Level II (8 ECTS)

• 141156 VU Turkish Grammar II
• 141263 UE Turkish Conversation Class II

TU-3 Turkish, Intermediate Level I (6 ECTS)

TU-4 Turkish, Intermediate Level II (10 ECTS)

• 141036 VU Turkish Grammar IV
• 141171 UE Translating Turkish Texts
• 141221 UE Turkish Conversation Class IV

TU-5 Turkish, Advanced Level I (7 ECTS)

TU-6 Turkish, Advanced Level II (7 ECTS)

• 141051 UE Conversations, Advanced Level II
• 141055 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts II

TU-7 Persian, Basic Level (8 ECTS)

• 141053 UE Persian Grammar II

TU-8 Persian, Intermediate Level (6 ECTS)

• 141084 UE Reading and Discussing Persian Texts II

TU-9 Ottoman Studies (12 ECTS)

• 141030 UE Ottoman II
• 141045 UE Reading of Ottoman Literary Texts I

TU-10 Seminar on Linguistics or Literature (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

TU-11 Seminar on Turkish History and Cultural History (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

• 141034 SE Historical-Cultural Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper) - Minorities

TU-12 Society and Culture of Modern Turkey (9 ECTS)

• 141163 VO Ringvorlesung Literature and History of Turkey - Contemporary trends in the study of modern Turkish literature